Rwanda, 18 years later
April 14, 2012
On Saturday, April 14th, the association Bene Rwanda organized a conference entitled "Shared Memory" to commemorate the eighteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
April 14, 2012
On Saturday, April 14th, the association Bene Rwanda organized a conference entitled "Shared Memory" to commemorate the eighteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
April 10, 2012
In recognition of the relentless work on information, discussion and research carried on over the past ten years at John Cabot University, our students have been specifically invited, along with Professor Federigo Argentieri, to the 18th annual Rwanda Genocide Memorial Day.
April 2, 2012
On Saturday, March 31st, Professor Federigo Argentieri's PL 355 - East European Politics class, along with other students, went on exploring the main institutions and relics of Eastern Christianity in Rome.
March 27, 2012
With the American Republican Party yet to settle on a candidate to face President Barack Obama in the November 2012 Presidential Election, last night's Guarini Institute for Public Affairs event welcomed many prominent members of the JCU community for a roundtable discussion on what lies ahead for the GOP.
January 31, 2012
Professor Federigo Argentieri on a Lecturing Tour in the United States
January 13, 2012
Prof. Argentieri Interviewed on Hungarian Political Situation
October 12, 2011
The Guarini Institute of Public Affairs took part in the Festival of Diplomacy that took place in Rome and Florence between the 8th and the 14th of October.
September 5, 2011
The Guarini Institute for Public Affairs welcomed Jon Bingen for a lecture on the events of Oslo and Utøya and what we can learn from them.
July 11, 2011
As part of the events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Italian unification, the Guarini Institute invited prof. Daniele Fiorentino, a leading Italian scholar of US history, to share the results of his current research about the connections between the two countries in the period of the 1848-49 Roman Republic.
April 13, 2011
On Wednesday, April 13th the Aula Magna hosted the final Guarini Institute event of an intense Spring semester. The conference started at 6.30pm, and Professor Argentieri took the podium to introduce the topic and the guest speakers.
March 29, 2011
The Italian Risorgimento has been the theme at the core of the work of Maurizio Viroli. Currently a Professor at Princeton University, Viroli has earned a doctorate at the European University and works at the Italian University of Lugano as well.
March 16, 2011
On Wednesday, March 16th the Aula Magna Regina filled once again to listen to a panel speak about the revolutions in North Africa and the impact of Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites.
February 21, 2011
On Monday, February 21 the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs had the pleasure of hosting its first guest speaker from Australia, John Rundell, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.
November 10, 2010
On Monday, November 8th the Guarini Institute hosted a round table discussion aimed at analyzing the impacts of the recent midterm elections in the United States.
October 24, 2010
Within the context of the Italian Festival for Diplomacy, the Guarini Institute had the honor of hosting a round table discussion "Teaching and Learning Diplomacy" in which eight prestigious panelists participated.
October 7, 2010
In collaboration with the US Mission to the UN, the Guarini Institute hosted Thomas E. Sullivan, the Vice President and Provost of the University of Minnesota, who gave an interesting lecture titled Internationalizing Universities in the United States.
June 21, 2010
On Monday, June 21st 2010, the Guarini Institute had the honor of hosting Dr. Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, who outlined the global challenges the world is facing and the how a coordinated effort of all countries may help tackle them.
June 16, 2010
On Wednesday 16th June the Guarini Institute hosted a guest lecture featuring Prof. Spencer M. Di Scala, a pre-eminent professor of University of Massachussets, Boston, and scholar specialized in Italian history.
June 1, 2010
On June 1st, 2010, the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs hosted a discussion with the editor-in-chief of La Stampa and a victim of the 70's terrorism, Mario Calabresi, author of the international best seller "Pushing Past the Night" (New York, The Other Press, 2009).
April 12, 2010
The Guarini Institute for Public Affairs hosted two events commemorating the end of World War II. The first was an April 12 screening of the Andrzej Wajda film, Katyn. The film depicts the massacre Polish officers, intellectuals and ordinary citizens that took place during the initial Red Army occupation of half of Poland.